Balvi District
Balvi
Balvu rajons | |
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District | |
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| Country | Latvia |
| First established | 1949 |
| Reformed | 1990 |
| Abolished | 2009 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,381.2 km2 (919.4 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 27,296 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| Website | balvi.gov.lv/ |
Balvi District (
administrative division of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east. It was organized into two cities and nineteen parishes, each with a local government authority.[2] The main city in the district was Balvi
.
History
Until 1940, the area was a part of the
counties
– the Viļaka County was split into Abrene (dissolved in 1959) and Balvi District.
Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009. Balvi District was split into Balvi Municipality, Baltinava Municipality, Rugāji Municipality and Viļaka Municipality.
Cities and parishes in the Balvi District
- Baltinava Parish
- Balvi city
- Balvi Parish
- Bērzkalne Parish
- Bērzpils Parish
- Briežuciems Parish
- Krišjāņi Parish
- Kubuli Parish
- Kuprava Parish
- Lazdukalns Parish
- Lazduleja Parish
- Medņeva Parish
- Rugāji Parish
- Susāji Parish
- Šķilbēni Parish
- Tilža Parish
- Vectilža Parish
- Vecumi Parish
- Viļaka city
- Vīksna Parish
- Žīguri Parish
References
- ^ a b "BALVU RAJONA PAŠVALDĪBAS PUBLISKAIS PĀRSKATS par 2006.gadu" (.doc) (in Latvian). Balvu rajona padome. Retrieved 3 March 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Balvu rajona pašvaldību kontakti" (in Latvian). Balvu rajona padome. Archived from the original on 26 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
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